Writer’s Circle
Third Sundays in the gallery - Ekphrastic Writing prompt to respond to works in the gallery exhibit. Writer's may bring prose or poetry, approx 1,000 words to share and receive feedback from other writers. Free to attend.
Future dates to note - May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug 18, Sept 15, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15
May 19 - How to write a Haibun poem
Write a haibun (or two or three if you’re so moved). A haibun is a piece of prose that “typically describes a setting, scene, or moment in an objective manner,” followed by a haiku.
Haibun is a poetic form that allows one to answer some of these questions while providing a fresh perspective through a lens that focuses on nature and landscape. Haibun combines a prose poem with a haiku. The haiku usually ends the poem as a sort of whispery and insightful postscript to the prose of the beginning of the poem. Another way of looking at the form is thinking of haibun as highly focused testimony or recollection of a journey composed of a prose poem and ending with a meaningful murmur of sorts: a haiku. The result is a very elegant block of text with the haiku serving as a tiny bowl or stand for the prose poem. A whole series of them in a manuscript look like neat little signs or flags—a visual delight.
